Serene Sunday and Catching Up (Still)

We sorta overdid it yesterday by playing race track all over the house and playing in boxes and with paper and, well, you get the picture.

So today, we are going to rest ALL day long! Before we do, we need to acknowledge some awards that we got hundreds of years ago - our bean help is very, very slow. We're still behind but hope to get caught up soon!

Anyway, hope you are having a fun weekend and getting plenty of rest!****************************************************

Sakura has given us two awards in the past month. Aren't these cute?

Sakura is from Romania and proves that the language of cats, friends and music is universal! Thank you for the awards Sakura!

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Roschelle from Inconsequential Logic gave us the Circle of Friends award!

Roschelle has a wonderful blog where she shares her experience and wisdom regarding blogging and other interesting things. You'll for sure learn something new from her - I certainly do! Thank you for the award Roschelle!*******************************************************

Mary from ThatDesignGal surprised us with the Dragon's Loyalty Award!

Mary recently rescued a stray kitten named Molly and is now giving her the loving home she deserves. She has posted about Molly but also other things going on in her life and she makes you feel like you're visiting a friend. Thank you Mary! We appreciate it!
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Zoey from The Island Cats gave us the Island Princess Award!

We love visiting The Island Cats so it's an honor to receive this award from the lovely Zoey! She is truly a Princess and of course we are too! Thank you so much Zoey!
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Margaret from Splendid Little Stars gave us the Honest Scrap award!

Margaret is multi-talented with both crafts and photography. We always enjoy visiting her blog and seeing her work - especially her photos of her kitties Ernest and Oliver . We know we're supposed to give 10 facts about ourselves with this award but we're not good at that so will have to refer to some facts we've posted before. Thanks for the award though Margaret!********************************************************

As for passing on these awards, it's nearly impossible to pick since we enjoy so many blogs so consider this passed to you if you'd like to accept it! Thanks to all our readers!

Have a great Sunday!

Isabella

Thankful Thursday

I'm a little behind in posting awards and giving thanks were it's due. I am always very honored to receive awards for my blog and I'm extremely grateful to my readers. So, without further ado...

Two Greyhound Town gave me this wonderful award:

“These blogs invest and believe in PROXIMITY - nearness in space, time and relationships! These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in prizes or self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbons of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers! Deliver this award to eight bloggers, who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award.”

Hot Rocks honored me with the Butterfly award!

Of Cats also passed a Butterfly award to me along with the I ♥ Your Blog award!

Be sure to check out the blogs of the three listed above! You will see adorable pictures of the most beautiful greyhounds at Two Greyhound Town, see gorgeous jewelry at Hot Rocks, and learn fascinating facts about felines at Of Cats!

As for passing on these awards, it's nearly impossible to pick a few when so many of you deserve it. I must say that I absolutely love the comments you leave me and especially when you talk of your love for animals. It makes my heart so happy to hear all the wonderful things people do for animals and I am thankful every single day for everyone who reads and takes the time to comment on my blog. Thank you all so much!

Angel & Awards...

In yesterday's comments, Lily from Tulips Talking asked where I've been. Isn't she just the sweetest? Thank you so much for asking Lily! Anyway, I've just been "being cute" as my mommy says. I'll try to not let Isabella hog the blog anymore and try to make more appearances.

Speaking of Lily, she gave us the Uber Amazing Blog! Award the other day! It is such an honor to have a blog people want to visit, let alone one that is called Uber Amazing! Thank you so much Lily! We certainly appreciate it! Be sure to check out Lily's Tulips Talking blog and you'll see exactly why she received it too! Lily also has a whole herd of furbabies that are all as cute as can be and she is such a wonderful and caring person that we are so happy to know! She's also Uber Talented so check out her Etsy shop!

We also recently received the Lemonade Award from Jodi at Jodi's Journey blog! This award is for blogs which show great attitude and/or gratitude and we are certainly extremely grateful to receive it! Jodi has a wonderful blog in which she shares her life in a way that makes you feel a part of it all and you can just feel her warmth, friendship and importance of family from her. She is also an avid supporter of animal awareness causes and we appreciate that immensely! Thank you so much Jodi!

As for passing out these awards, we're going to have to think about that for awhile so will do that sometime in the future! Thank you so much Lily and Jodi! We are very grateful and appreciative to have received these awards!

Happy Caturday everybuddy!

Blog Awards!

I am so excited, happy, humbled, honored, thankful, you name it, to have been nominated for the Brilliant Weblog Premio 2008 award by Casbah Kitten and Rainbows and Sunshine! I was also nominated by HealthNut Wannabee Mom - click here for my earlier post. I've been feeling the pressure to narrow my choices of nominees to pass the award to but I think I've got my choices in order now.

First off, I must admit that Casbah Kitten is one of the blogs that I have to (yes, have to!) check out every day to see what Jelly Bean and Pickles have been up to. In addition to making wonderful kitty toys, and now doggie items, those two are guaranteed to bring a smile to your face with their antics!

I also enjoy reading Rainbows and Sunshine's blog and I always tend to learn something new from her. Both Casbah Kitten and RainbowMom are fellow Etsy for Animals members too!

That being said, here are the rules for the nominees:

1) Add the logo of the award to your blog

2) Add a link to the person who awarded it to you

3) Nominate at least 7 other blogs

4) Add links to those blogs on your blog

5) Leave a message for your nominees on their blogs

Here are my nominees:

Luxor Lux and Silky are gorgeous kitties and it's fun to see what they have been doing.

DZFantasy - She's a very generous blogger and Etsyian who introduces us to other artists on her blog. Plus, she's very talented and makes beautiful fairies and mermaids!

Random Musings About Art & Life You just can't read DancingMooney's blog without liking this wonderful newlywed!

...aka Darzy... Aimee is a very compassionate animal lover and I admire her greatly. Her blog is always interesting and informative.

Tulip's Treasure Box I just met her through the EtsyBloggers team and she is rapidly becoming a favorite blog of mine. I enjoy her posts and her enthusiasm for our team!

PurrPrints: Art, Cats, and Randomness What can I say? I love her art and I love cats and you can find both at her blog!

Yeah, I know, that's only six but after sitting here for nearly an hour trying to figure out who should get that last position, I just say to all those with cat, dog or animal blogs of one kind of another that I drop my Entrecard on, I do stick around and check out your blog and appreciate the smiles you bring to my face!

Thanks again to Casbah Kitten, Rainbows and Sunshine and HealthNut WannaBee Mom for nominating my blog for this award! I appreciate it more than I can say!

Blog award!

I'm beside myself with joy today since I found out this morning that Heidi from Health Nut Wannabee Mom has chosen my blog for one of her Brilliante awards! Click here for her post. Before this morning, I had never realized there was such an award and I certainly would never have imagined that my blog would be honored with it!

What makes this award even more special is that when I first discovered Heidi's blog, I was blown away by how great her blog is. She writes so well and is informative and so down to earth that I have to go back every day to see what new posts she may have added. Of course the fact that she is a Kansan and a huge animal lover just adds to her appeal!

Thank you so much Heidi for this honor! I will be passing along the award in the next few weeks as I mull over who to bestow them on from the blogs I read.

Be sure to check out Heidi's Health Nut Wannabee Mom blog and I'm sure you'll be a regular reader too!